属

shǔ

HSK 33 readings

“Category” in Chinese is 属 (shǔ).

Other characters with the syllable shu: see all 27 →

Meaning

category
genus (taxonomy)
family members

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dependents
to belong to
subordinate to
affiliated with
be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)
to be
to prove to be
to constitute
to join together
to fix one's attention on
to concentrate on

Example

他们说这属于他们。

They said it belonged to them.

From 属于 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

shǔcategory / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
zhǔto join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 属

家属jiāshǔfamily memberHSK 3 属于shǔyúto belong to; to fall under (a category)HSK 3 亲属qīnshǔkinHSK 6 附属fùshǔsubsidiaryHSK 7-9 归属guīshǔto belong toHSK 7-9 金属jīnshǔmetalHSK 7-9 属性shǔxìngattributeHSK 7-9 所属suǒshǔone's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)HSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

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